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Dr. Philip Zapanta ’96 shares life lessons from a career in health care spanning decades

February 18, 2025Last updated February 17, 2025 by Ryan Cornell

One early spring morning in 1994, Philip Zapanta ’96, then a sophomore biology major at Eastern Mennonite College, boarded a bus in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with the rest of his

Students share stories from intercultural trip to Guatemala, Cuba

May 2, 2024Last updated May 2, 2024 by Ryan Cornell, photos by Macson McGuigan / EMU

Thought your commute was bad? It might pale in comparison to the typical commute in Guatemala’s capital. “The transportation systems and traffic in Guatemala City are terrible, and any Guatemalan

Students reflections from spring South Africa intercultural

March 9, 2023Last updated March 13, 2023 by EMU Communications

Students on the Eastern Mennonite University’s spring intercultural trip to South Africa are nearing the halfway point of their journey. Led by Andrew G. Suderman, professor of Bible, theology and

Students share reflections from summer interculturals to Spain, Ghana

July 26, 2022Last updated July 29, 2022 by Kate Szambecki

As the summer comes to a close, students at Eastern Mennonite University reflect on their summer 2022 intercultural experiences in Spain and Ghana. The current trip to Spain and the

Spring intercultural settling in at CASAS, Guatemala City

March 3, 2022Last updated March 21, 2022 by Kate Szambecki

Students traveling in Guatemala for EMU’s semester intercultural program are just passing the one-month mark. Between settling into host families, starting language classes at CASAS, navigating public transportation and new

Professor Andrew Suderman on ‘Lessons learned from Tutu’

January 27, 2022Last updated February 1, 2022 by Andrew G. Suderman

When the news of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s death was announced the day after Christmas 2021 Eastern Mennonite Seminary associate director Sarah Bixler reminded EMU News that the most recent

EMU intercultural shares southeast Asia adventures

December 13, 2021Last updated November 18, 2022 by EMU Communications

EMU’s fall intercultural group returned from their southeast Asia travels. Watch a recording of their Dec. 15 convocation presentation on EMU’s FacebookLive page. [You do not need a Facebook account to

Talk On Culture Shock Draws Students to Maplewood

November 5, 2009Last updated September 17, 2014 by Bethany Miller, Weather Vane staff writer

Bethany Miller, Weather Vane student newspaper John Kratz, director of International Student Services and David Muscan, Hillside RD discuss at the culture shock meeting. (Photo: Morgan Porter and Chelsie Gordon)

South Africa Cross Cultural Enjoys Semester Overseas

November 5, 2009Last updated September 17, 2014 by Samantha Cole, Weather Vane staff writer

Samantha Cole, Weather Vane student newspaper Here in Harrisonburg, students are getting into the mid-semester groove with fall festivities and another fast-approaching break, but over 8,000 miles away in South

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